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e Under-Ground Railroad."*^
Venango Co., Pa.
Question First. Every county had its own main route and
branches. One route seemed to be from ^ Q ^,1",^ £ - - -^-^^ ^ ^
through Mencja^^^^^o. to Franklin, Venango Co., thgnce
to the house of James Rodgers in Sugar Creek valley,
six miles from Franklin. The latch string of this
house was always hanging out, and Mr. R. was ever r9a,dy
to convey his visitors by wagon or on hors^^ack, to the
next station four miles distant, the house of *^ames_K5,xxgs.liey
^i-.S.25LBSIls.town, Mr. |^. wduld send them four miles farther
to the next station, the house of S. h. Smaj-l. Cf Mr. S.
r^ - ¦ ¦ .1. '"I III" ¦¦"
^e Venango Cq . history says His house was a depot on the under-ground rail-roadfir carrying slaves to Canada." Many a black was warmed and fed at his fireside "From this depot they were f^rwaxded tq^Jo^natJm Henn's in Craw¬ ford County^a run of eight miles. From thence by various r^—-—-«-¦ '
stages through Crawford Co. till they hove in sight of a barn near Edinboro, Erie^o., on which was painted in large letters "TEMPERANCE k LIBERTY." ^is barn is said to have been the first barn raised in Erie Co. without the motive power of liquor. The owner of this barn, James J^eeder, would kindly receive his colored travelers
and^ conyey them to gg^ where thej w^ere^ shipped across the
Lake into the promised land.